diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 06a6f43631..10a3dc2eed 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ WORKDIR /app/api
 
 # Install Poetry
 ENV POETRY_VERSION=1.8.3
+
+# if you located in China, you can use aliyun mirror to speed up
+# RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry==${POETRY_VERSION} -i https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/
+
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry==${POETRY_VERSION}
 
 # Configure Poetry
@@ -16,6 +20,9 @@ ENV POETRY_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT=15
 
 FROM base AS packages
 
+# if you located in China, you can use aliyun mirror to speed up
+# RUN sed -i 's@deb.debian.org@mirrors.aliyun.com@g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
+
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc g++ libc-dev libffi-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev
 
@@ -43,6 +50,8 @@ WORKDIR /app/api
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl nodejs libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev \
+    # if you located in China, you can use aliyun mirror to speed up
+    # && echo "deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/debian testing main" > /etc/apt/sources.list \
     && echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main" > /etc/apt/sources.list \
     && apt-get update \
     # For Security